CAE End of year vocab list

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conjure up
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create an image in your head
feud
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bitter argument
hype
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publicity
pull sth off
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succeed in doing sth
urban sprawl
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the uncontrolled spread of a city
break the mould
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do something different
once in a blue moon
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rarely
it doesn't take a rocket scientist
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it's not difficult
in brief
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in summary
in the long run
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over time
in case
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if something happens
evocative
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it creates images in your head
transfixed
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you can't stop watching
detrimental
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having a negative effect
severity
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seriousness
refuse collector
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the guy who collects the rubbish
general practitioner
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family doctor
laid off
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lots of people fired at the same time
apprentice
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someone who learns while working
beaver away
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work hard at sth
keep your mind on the job
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focus
mean business
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be serious about sth
make ends meet
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have enough money to survive
call the shot
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be the boss
keep your nose to the grindstone
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continue to work hard
on the level
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honest
on the verge of
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about to happen
on and off
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intermittently
on demand
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when wanted
devise
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invent
adamant
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sure about sth
backlog
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things at work or school you haven't had a chance to do yet
ploy
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trick
eradicate
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get rid of
dispell
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prove sth wrong
propell
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move forward
intrigued
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fascinated by
trigger
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cause
credit
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recognition
insomnia
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when you can't sleep
appendicitis
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wyrostek robaczkowy
excruciating pain
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severe pain
nagging pain
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a pain that won't go away
contagious
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disease passed from person to person
lighting reflexes
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very fast reflexes
be given a clean bill of health
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declared healthy
be as fit as a fiddle
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very healthy
be of sound mind and body
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physically and mentally healthy
keep a stiff upper lip
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not show your emotions
clarify
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make clear
lucrative
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earning you lots of money
immersed
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very involved in
have a feel for sth
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have an understanding of sth
mystified
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confused by
discarding
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throwing away
tuition fees
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money you pay for education
correspondence course
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distance learning
formal schooling
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going to primary/middle/hig school
school leaving certificate
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what you get after the final exams at school
be the teacher's pet
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the teacher's favourite student
learn sth by heart
start learning
know it perfectly
be as easy as 1, 2, 3
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very easy
be of the old school
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a traditionalist
pass with flying colours
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pass very well
make the grade
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be good enough
ny and large
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generally
by and by
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eventually
fall by the wayside
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come to nothing
by the book
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following instructions and doing it properly
by law
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legally
voracious reader
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sb who reads a lot
paramount
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very important
tactics
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ploy
amputated
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cut off
rag trade
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the fashion business
go downhill
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get worse
otherwise
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the opposite
trite
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clichéd
wayward
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rebellious
raised eyebrows
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people disapproved
keep up appearances
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make it look like everything is ok
see eye to eye with sb
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share the same opinion
money coming out of your ears
start learning
have lots of money
strewn
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scattered untidily
manipulative
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designed to influence your opinion
millinery shop
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hat shop
gnaw
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chew sth hard
brocade
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thick material decorated with gold and silver
hunger pang
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sharp feeling of hunger
ecstatic
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very happy
bear the cost
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cover the cost
reassure
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tell sb it'll be ok
overthrow
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remove a government from power
overtake
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do better than sb, driver faster than sb
freelance
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sb who works for himself
be made redundant
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fired
feasible
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it can be done
against all odds
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despite the problems
crash
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go somewhere uninvited
forage
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look for food
keep sb on their toes
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make sure they're working hard
win-win situation
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everyone beneftis
headhunted
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taken from another company because of their skills
on leave
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a period away from the army
is teeming with
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is full of
benevolent
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kind and helpful
fuming
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really angry
on occasion
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sometimes
dismantle
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take sth apart
dabbling in
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experimenting with
without fail
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always
it's doing my head in
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it's annoying me
fit
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handsome
scoff
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make fun of
don't get me wrong
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don't misunderstand me
oozing with
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full of
fostering
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creating
second to none
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the best
a pushover
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sb you can make do the things nobody else wants to do
PA
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personal assistant
scab
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sb who breaks a strike
open plan
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an office with no walls
cramped
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not much space
dearth
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lack of
branc out
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expand your business
payroll
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the list of people who work for a company
cater for
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to provide sth that sb needs
cut throat
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very competitive (negative)
vital
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very important
anxious
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very worried
bring in
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introduce sth new
bring up
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mention in a conversation
keep on top of sth
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manage to do everything you need to
toil away
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working hard
snowed under
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have too much work to do
pessimistic
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thinking negatively about sth
keep abreast of
start learning
keep up to date with
buzz
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excitement
put in for
start learning
apply for
on the basis of
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due to
open doors
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create opportunities
dicky ticker
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a weak heart
full of beans
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full of energy
emaciated
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extremely thin
pushing up the daisies
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dead
svelte
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attractively thin
the brains
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the boss
a knuckle sandwich
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punch
hand out
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distribute
eye up
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look at appreciatively
foot the bill
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pay for sth
face facts
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accept the truth
rib sb
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tease sb
have butterflies in your stomach
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be nervous/stressed
over the hill
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too old
let sth slide
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to neglect sth
information overload
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too much information to take in
rusty
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not as good as it used to be
content (adj)
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happy
bludgeon
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hit sb with a heavy object
confide
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tell your secret to sb
murmuring
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talking in a quiet voice
fractured
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broken
taunt
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make fun of
opt for
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choose
glean
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understand
try your hand at sth
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try to do sth
bears no relation to
start learning
is completely different to
cues
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signs/signals
preponderance
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a lot of sth
grappling with
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having difficulty with
altercation
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argument
mock
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make fun of
loose ends
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things that need to be explained
apparel
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clothes
accomplish
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achieve
thrilled
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very happy
streaming
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splitting students by how clever they are
exuberant
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lively and exciteable
frivolous
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not serious
vibe
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atmosphere/feeling
steer clear of
start learning
avoid
hideous
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really ugly
cumbersome
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difficult to carry
enhance
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improve
reluctant
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unwilling
implausible
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unbelievable
avid
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keen
aloof
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unfriendly/unapproachable
feat
start learning
accomplishment
storm out
start learning
leave in an angry way
in tatters
start learning
in pieces
stunned
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shocked/surprised
buff
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fan
squabble
start learning
childish argument
sad
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pathetic
cotton on to sth
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realise
odd
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occasional
gear
start learning
clothes
bring about
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cause

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